Re: IOTDB: modeling state

> On 2 Jun 2015, at 18:44, David Janes <davidjanes@davidjanes.com> wrote:
> 
> These distinctions become much more obvious when you work with real devices. We, as programmers are using to things happening immediately - we update a database, and the value is what we updated it to.
> 
> This isn't true for Things.

This is why developers need to assume an asynchronous approach.  In a distributed system this is essential. Could you please provide a use case where you need to know when a property update has taken effect?  Perhaps this could be better modelled using an action with a result? That would enable a script to determine when the action had been completed.

p.s. in the Web of Things Framework actions may provide asynchronous results.

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